Reiko Shiota's Beijing competes for medals.

When Kumiko Ogura participated in the national competition in the sixth grade, her parents joked that "you can go to the Olympic Games in the future". Xiao Yun was very disappointed when she really qualified for the Olympic Games but lost the opportunity. She recalled: "It was really frustrating to quit the game because of injury. Since then, I have made up my mind to challenge the Beijing Olympic Games four years later. " Reiko Shiota said, "When I was a child, I never thought about the Olympics, and I didn't think I had the talent to be an athlete. It was not until Xiaoyun invited me to join Sanyo Electric Company that we began to participate in the Olympic points competition and saw the possibility of participating in the Olympic Games. I want to thank Xiaoyun. I can't go to the Olympics alone without her. "

At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura were spectators sitting in front of the TV. After seeing Miss Judo win the first gold medal in Athens Olympic Games for Japan, Kumiko Ogura secretly vowed that she would stand on the Olympic stage one day.

Since 2005, Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura have stood out in international competitions and spread their dream wings to fly to the Beijing Olympic Games. In the 2005 Danish Open, she defeated Zhang/Zhang Dan of China and Ames/Clogg of Britain successively, and won the women's doubles gold medal of this five-star international competition for the Japanese team.

In the Doha Asian Games in 2006, Reiko Shiota/Kumiko Ogura met China's Yang Wei/bonita in the semi-final, and lost three sets. Despite losing to Yang Wei/bonita, Reiko Shiota/Kumiko Ogura is still making progress. Through the confrontation with players from China, we found out the ball path of Yang Wei/bonita and improved the confrontation ability. In 2007, they met Yang Wei/bonita for the sixth time in the quarterfinals of Malaysian Super Tournament, and defeated their opponents for the first time, which was a big surprise.

In the World Championships in August 2007, Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota were ranked as the sixth seed, and they will enter the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota took advantage of the disadvantages of Gao Kun and Huang Sui, causing a lot of troubles for Gao Kun. Although they lost the game, they still created their best result in the World Championships.

Reiko Shiota/Kumiko Ogura, whose record and looks are equally outstanding, not only appeared in badminton teaching programs of major Japanese TV stations, but also acted as a beverage spokesperson, published photo albums and appeared in movies. Even coach Ding Qiqing lamented their super popularity. Ding Qiqing said that Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura were relaxed during the match. They train five days a week, working in the morning and training in the afternoon. Although there is a big gap with China athletes in strength and speed, they still aim to win medals in the Beijing Olympic Games. At that time, Reiko Shiota/Kumiko Ogura's primary goal was to achieve good results in the Olympic points competition, ranking first in the world 16, and ensuring the qualification for the Olympic Games.

One year before the Beijing Olympic Games, Reiko Shiota/Kumiko Ogura expressed his ardent expectations for the 2008 Olympic Games in an interview with the Japanese Asahi Shimbun. Reiko Shiota said: "The Olympic Games four years ago was still a vague dream for me. Now, it is not only a goal, but also something I must complete. " On the other hand, Kumiko Ogura said that we must turn the regrets four years ago into the driving force for progress. They believe that their dream day will come in the 2008 Olympic Games.